﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist. 
  571 
  

  

  tables 
  the 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  economic 
  productions 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  

   will 
  be 
  found.* 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  writer 
  knows 
  the 
  natural 
  gas 
  excitement 
  has 
  not 
  

   flourished 
  extensively 
  in 
  the 
  county. 
  No 
  wells 
  have 
  been 
  sunk. 
  

   In 
  the 
  neighboring 
  county, 
  Greene, 
  a 
  gas 
  well 
  was 
  drilled 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Cairo. 
  This 
  town 
  is 
  about 
  twenty 
  miles 
  from 
  Phoe- 
  

   nicia, 
  and 
  is 
  610 
  feet 
  above 
  tide. 
  The 
  drilling 
  of 
  tho 
  well 
  was 
  

   stopped 
  in 
  November, 
  1 
  886, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  2200 
  feet. 
  Salt 
  water 
  

   was 
  struck 
  at 
  610 
  feet, 
  which 
  rose 
  300 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  well 
  in 
  twenty- 
  

   six 
  hours. 
  

  

  The 
  drill 
  was 
  stopped 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  losing 
  the 
  tools. 
  The 
  

   rock 
  passed 
  through 
  was 
  shale 
  and 
  sandstone. 
  The 
  hardest 
  

   stratum 
  was 
  a 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  lying 
  between 
  1590 
  and 
  1610 
  feet. 
  

   This 
  stone 
  was 
  so 
  hard 
  that 
  the 
  drillers 
  reported 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  

   granite. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  dip 
  of 
  the 
  strata 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Cairo 
  well 
  pre- 
  

   cludes 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  natural 
  gas 
  in 
  commercial 
  quantities. 
  In 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  well 
  the 
  strata 
  dip 
  nc 
  rthf 
  sixty-seven 
  degrees 
  

   west, 
  185 
  feet 
  10 
  the 
  mile. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  minimum 
  dip 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  

   of 
  Greene 
  county. 
  The 
  dip 
  of 
  the 
  Corniferous 
  limestone, 
  where 
  it 
  

   outcrops 
  at 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Leeds, 
  along 
  the 
  Catskill 
  creek, 
  is 
  1120 
  

   feet 
  to 
  the 
  mile 
  ; 
  the 
  average 
  dip 
  from 
  this 
  outcrop 
  at 
  Leeds 
  to 
  

   the 
  Cairo 
  well 
  is 
  580 
  feet 
  to 
  the 
  mile. 
  Although 
  gas 
  in 
  commer- 
  

   cial 
  quantities 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  eastern 
  New 
  York, 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  

   hesitancy 
  in 
  asserting 
  that 
  it 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  

   between 
  Kingston, 
  Catskill 
  village 
  and 
  the 
  Cairo 
  well." 
  J 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  writer 
  natural 
  gas 
  and 
  petroleum 
  

   seem 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  doubtful 
  product 
  in 
  Ulster 
  county. 
  In 
  any 
  

   case 
  drill 
  holes 
  sunk 
  for 
  this 
  product 
  are 
  very 
  expensive, 
  and 
  they 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  undertaken 
  without 
  a 
  thorough 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  

   local 
  geology. 
  

  

  * 
  In 
  preparing 
  these 
  statistics 
  the 
  writer 
  is 
  under 
  great 
  obligations 
  to 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Ulster 
  

   county. 
  He 
  has 
  met 
  -with 
  uniform 
  and 
  intelligent 
  courtesy, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  with 
  sincere 
  pleasure 
  that 
  

   he 
  tenders 
  his 
  thanks 
  for 
  it. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  useless 
  to 
  mention 
  all 
  by 
  name, 
  but 
  to 
  thefobowing 
  gen- 
  

   tlemen 
  he 
  is 
  indebted 
  for 
  special 
  favors: 
  Mr 
  S.D.Coykendall.Hon. 
  Jas. 
  G. 
  Lindsley, 
  Mr 
  Hewitt 
  

   Boice. 
  R 
  ^gers 
  and 
  Tappan, 
  of 
  Kingston, 
  Mr. 
  Louis 
  Bevier, 
  of 
  Marbletown, 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  Taylor 
  Harris, 
  

   of 
  Saugerties. 
  

  

  + 
  Probably 
  a 
  typographical 
  error 
  for 
  south 
  — 
  H. 
  

  

  % 
  Petroleum 
  and 
  Natural 
  Gas 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  Paper 
  read 
  before 
  A.. 
  I. 
  M. 
  E., 
  Duluth 
  

   meeting, 
  July, 
  1887, 
  revised 
  to 
  June, 
  1888, 
  by 
  Chas. 
  A. 
  Ashburner, 
  M. 
  S., 
  C. 
  E. 
  

  

  